PCNSA · Question #234
An administrator is investigating a log entry for a session that is allowed and has the end reason of aged-out. Which two fields could help in determining if this is normal? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A. Packets sent/received B. IP Protocol. When monitoring the traffic logs using Monitor > logs > Traffic, some traffic is seen with the Session End Reason as aged-out. Any traffic that uses UDP or ICMP is seen will have session end reason as aged-out in the traffic log. This is because unlike TCP, there is there is no…
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An administrator is investigating a log entry for a session that is allowed and has the end reason of aged-out. Which two fields could help in determining if this is normal? (Choose two.)
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- APackets sent/received
- BIP Protocol
- CAction
- DDecrypted
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(47 responses)- A81% (38)
- C6% (3)
- D13% (6)
Explanation
When monitoring the traffic logs using Monitor > logs > Traffic, some traffic is seen with the Session End Reason as aged-out. Any traffic that uses UDP or ICMP is seen will have session end reason as aged-out in the traffic log. This is because unlike TCP, there is there is no way for a graceful termination of UDP session and so aged-out is a legitimate session-end reason for UDP (and ICMP) sessions. Link: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000PMjLCAW
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